BackupWiki/Help:Copying from other wikis
When to back pages up
You should only back up pages you have permission to edit on the wiki itself, unless someone who can edit the page approves of it.
| Wiki | Page | Edit protection level | User rights | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Wikipedia | Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account | Allow only autoconfirmed users | Autoconfirmed users | Yes |
| English Wiktionary | Wiktionary:Main Page | Allow only administrators | Autoconfirmed users | No |
Pages that are backed up by users who cannot edit the original page and that have no approval from users who can edit the original page are eligable for speedy deletion criterion G1. Put {{db-g1}} at the top of the page to produce:
This may meet BackupWiki's criteria for speedy deletion (criterion G1) as a page created by a user who does not have permission to edit the original page, with no approval by someone with permission to edit the page.
If you created this page, or unless you have good reason to, do not remove this notice. Instead, contest this deletion request here.
This notice was added by {{{2}}}.
Naming and Categorization
When copying pages from other wikis, some conventions need to be followed:
- Page names need to be prefixed based on the wiki the backed up page is from.
- Pages need to be categorized based on the type of project they are from (e.g. Wikipedia pages).
| Origin wiki | Title prefix | Category |
|---|---|---|
| English Wikipedia | Wp/en/ | Wikipedia pages |
| Spanish Wiktionary | Wt/es/ | Wiktionary pages |
| French Wikibooks | Wb/fr/ | Wikibooks pages |
| Italian Wikiquote | Wq/it/ | Wikiquote pages |
| German Wikinews | Wn/de/ | Wikinews pages |
| Polish Wikivoyage | Wy/pl/ | Wikivoyage pages |
| English Wikiversity | Wv/en/ | Wikiversity pages |
| Turkish Wikisource | Ws/tr/ | Wikisource pages |
| Incubator | Incubator/ | Incubator pages |
| Commons | Commons/ | Multilingual content project pages |
| Meta | Meta/ | Meta pages |
| Outreach | Outreach/ | Coordination project pages |
| Wikitech | Wikitech/ | Technical project pages |
For other multilingual projects, the "Project" namespace's adjusted name is used instead (e.g. Meta/ for Meta-Wiki) except for MediaWiki, for which "MediaWiki" is used.
Non-mainspace pages
User pages
Only the owner of a userpage may make a backup for it.
Project & help pages
When copying a page in project space, (e.g. "Wikipedia:" from Wikipedia, "Wiktionary:" from Wiktionary) name the page like normal with the adjusted name for the project namespace in such project replaced with "Project" (e.g. w:Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account → Wp/en/Project:Vandalism-only account).
Files, templates, and categories
Put the namespace before prefixing like normal (e.g. wikt:Template:rfd → Template:Wt/en/rfd).
Summarizing creation
When copying a page from another wiki, include the link to the original page in the edit summary (e.g. "Copied from w:en:Main Page"). If someone forgets to include the link in the creation description, leave {{sc|(releavant page)}} to produce:
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Thank you for backing up (releavant page). However, you forgot to include a link in your creation summary. Please be sure to include a link in future back-ups. Thank you! Helpful links: Help:Copying from other wikis, w:Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia |